Fun Facts about Latvia
Already rather well-known as a budget party destination, Latvia is also filled with pristine forests, medieval castles, bucolic villages, sandy beaches, and plenty more to keep the backpackers stuck there. …
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Fun Facts about Estonia
Long having since thrown off the shackles of Soviet occupation, Estonia has a lot going for it. It has become one of Eastern Europe’s most successful economies, with a world-class …
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The Potemkin Steps, i.e. my confusion
Odessa is a pretty nice place to visit. It’s an attractive city laid out in an easily navigable grid pattern (damn you, twisting and turning old-timey mazes!), and it has …
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Fun Facts about Ukraine
Out of the ashes of Soviet flames, Ukraine has emerged as one of Eastern Europe’s best-kept secrets: A land of $2 bottles of vodka, and a million places to visit. …
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Fun things to do in Kiev
Kiev is a city on the rise, with more and more backpackers making their way out to the edge of Eastern Europe each year, who find there’s a whole lot …
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Top 10 things to do in Ukraine
Yet another gorgeous yet overlooked Eastern bloc outpost, Ukraine is Europe’s largest country and home to some 45 million people, with a thousand years of history and mostly visa-free entry. …
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In defense of speed freak backpackers
So I like to see plenty. Big cities, small towns, isolated villages, and maybe a little hiking. I don’t just want to see the capital city and move on. I …
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The eerie silence of the Hill of Crosses in Lithuania
It takes some balls to stand up to an empire. Particularly when that empire was the Soviet Union, whose gulag-filled Siberian wastelands were home to countless numbers of political prisoners, …
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